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I'. G. WHITMAN. PARLOR 0R LAWN GAMB.

Patented Oct. '7, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

FRANCIS C. VI'IITMAN, OF CANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

PARLOR OR LAWN GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,741, dated October '7, 1890.

Application tiled November 30, 1889. Serial No. 332,131. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANCIS C. VHITMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parlor or Lawn Games; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompan ying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The special object of my invention is to produce a game for amusement, which may be played in the parlor or on a lawn. The particular means which I employ for that purpose will rst be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of the gameboard or playground, Fig. 2, a detail view of one of the mallets; Fig. 3, a detail View of a number-post used on the playground; and Fig. 4 a similar view of a metallic pocket, which is preferably used on a lawn.

In the drawings, A represents the gameboard used in the house. 4This is provided with a rail or other suitable inclosure a, which will prevent the escape of the balls I3, and with a starting-point or post (marked O) and five pockets on the opposite side transversely across from the said post and four other pockets P.

The lawn-ground is preferably made eighteen feet one way by thirty feet at right angles thereto, and is provided with a numbered post on the outside of each pocket, while the numbers are on the inside of the posts.

At the head of the gaine-board or lawnground are placed the marking-stakes S, containing the rings or `counters C and the two score-stakes D D, the stake S being located midway of said head and the stakes D at an equal distance therefrom.

The mallets F are employed to strike but not to push the balls B.

The mode of operation or playing the game is as follows: Commence the game by placing all of the rings or counters C on the stake S. Then let the opposing parties, who may be two or four, choose their mallets, which are dstinguished from each other by a colored ring corresponding to that on one of the balls. \Vhere four persons play, the first and third oppose the second and fourth. Then the first player puts his ball about one foot from the starting point or post, taking the mallet in one hand, and striking his ball so as to drive it into a good position with respect to pocket No. l, when he strikes it a second time, so as to force it into the said pocket. Succeeding in this, the player takes his ball from pocket No.1 and places it four inches from the edge of said pocket in any direction and proceeds to take two strokes for pocket No. 2, and so on until he ends with pocket No. 9, if he is continuously successful. If, however, player No. l fails to lodge his ball in a pocket with the two prescribed strokes, player No. 2 proceeds in the same way, and so with the rest of the players. The inning of each playeris termed a tour,7 and immediately thereafter he should score by taking the proper number of rings from stake S and placing them upon his `score-stake D. Making a pocket counts ten, which is represented by two rings, while dashing or hitting a ball counts ve, or one ring. A player has the right to dash any player in the field once at every turn or play and repeat it after making a pocket; but he cannot dash a trilier, or one who has failed, with two strokes to get his ball into the first pocket, while the triiier himself is at liberty to dash any one of the players once during a turn or play. The party who has been dashed is returned to the starting point or post, while the dasher has the right to another stroke. If the dashed ball is that of an opponent, the latter must place his ball in the pocket one less in number than the pocket last made by him. If a player dash his partners ball after playing an extra stroke, he can take his choice of striking his partners ball twice with his own mallet or set back to make the last pocket again; also, count one ring on score-post.

The pockets must be made in regular order excepting when a ball is set back with a dash.

Driving a ball into its pocket No. 8 counts IOO the player thereof ten, or two rings; but he cannot take hisstrokes until it is his turn to play.

A ball driven outside the limits of the game-board or lawn-ground must be returned to the place from which it Was driven.

In starting on the laWn the ball 1s placed about one foot from the starting-post, but in the parlor game not so far, While after a ball has made a pocket in the parlor game remove it and place close to the edge of the pocket before another stroke.

' In order to play progressive nine pockets use three or four of the parlor-boards of either or both sizes.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what FRANCIS C. WHITMAN. Vitnesses;

FRED. O. WRIGHT, W. W. WHITMAN. 

